Population 160 Sovereign state United Kingdom Local time Monday 4:10 AM | OS grid reference ST937110 Post town BLANDFORD FORUM Dialling code 01258 | |
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Weather 4°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 92% Humidity | ||
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Tarrant Hinton is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Tarrant Valley within the North Dorset administrative district, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 160.
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- Map of Tarrant Hinton Blandford Forum UK
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Map of Tarrant Hinton, Blandford Forum, UK
The village's name appears in medieval sources. In 935, King Æthelstan granted land at Tarrant Hinton to the nuns of Shaftesbury Abbey under condition that they would pray hard for the king.
The village no longer has a public house, shop or post office, but it has a medieval parish church and a newly rebuilt village hall. In 2001 the ecclesiastical parish of Tarrant Hinton was grouped with nine other surrounding parishes to form the Chase Benefice in the Anglican Diocese of Salisbury.
Tarrant Hinton is probably best known as the location of the Great Dorset Steam Fair, which is annually visited by some 200,000 people.
There is a local church benefice newsletter published regularly called the Tarrant Times.